As with you, it was always "taught" ball over spindle and KOPS and that was fine clipped in riding more XC type riding, but once I started doing steeper and more aggressive trails, I had issues with keeping balance and at first didn't even think anything about where my foot was. It was only a few years later when I read a piece somewhere about moving your cleats further back for technical riding that I gave it a go and realised just how much better my stance and balance on the bike was on that super steep, techy stuff.
Switching to flats because of my knee, I put the ball or well actually the ball just in front of the axle like I used to do clipped in, but they kept migrating forward more. The biggest issue/problem for me going to flats was always having to "hunt" for foot position compared to clipped in where your foot is where your foot is supposed to be, every time, no fussing about once you get it clipped in. It's been a while now on flats and I think I've sort of got the whole position thing a lot better, but still in situations where you're struggling, trying to remount on something technical etc and not paying attention50% of the times one or both feet end up not where they should be.
Sept. 7, 2022, 4:29 a.m. - Lynx .
As with you, it was always "taught" ball over spindle and KOPS and that was fine clipped in riding more XC type riding, but once I started doing steeper and more aggressive trails, I had issues with keeping balance and at first didn't even think anything about where my foot was. It was only a few years later when I read a piece somewhere about moving your cleats further back for technical riding that I gave it a go and realised just how much better my stance and balance on the bike was on that super steep, techy stuff. Switching to flats because of my knee, I put the ball or well actually the ball just in front of the axle like I used to do clipped in, but they kept migrating forward more. The biggest issue/problem for me going to flats was always having to "hunt" for foot position compared to clipped in where your foot is where your foot is supposed to be, every time, no fussing about once you get it clipped in. It's been a while now on flats and I think I've sort of got the whole position thing a lot better, but still in situations where you're struggling, trying to remount on something technical etc and not paying attention50% of the times one or both feet end up not where they should be.